Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund
Professionally Managed Portfolios
Expense ratio
Net assets1
$29.87M
Holdings1
28
Category
US Equity
Return

Investment objective & strategy

As of July 21, 2023 · prospectus

Objective. The Hodges Blue Chip Equity Income Fund (the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund) seeks income and long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy. Under normal market conditions, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in large capitalization income producing equity securities. The Fund invests primarily in the stocks of large capitalization companies. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, are within the range of market capitalization of companies constituting the S&P 500 Index. As of June 30, 2023, the market capitalization of companies in the S&P 500 Index ranged from $3.6 billion to $3.05 trillion. The Advisor selects investments using a bottom-up approach, which is largely driven by internal research, and means that the Advisor looks at … Under normal market conditions, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in large capitalization income producing equity securities. The Fund invests primarily in the stocks of large capitalization companies. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund defines large capitalization companies as companies whose market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, are within the range of market capitalization of companies constituting the S&P 500 Index. As of June 30, 2023, the market capitalization of companies in the S&P 500 Index ranged from $3.6 billion to $3.05 trillion. The Advisor selects investments using a bottom-up approach, which is largely driven by internal research, and means that the Advisor looks at companies one at a time to determine if a company is an attractive investment opportunity and if it is consistent with the Funds investment policies. While the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund invests primarily in securities that are traded in the United States, it may also invest up to 25% of its net assets in stocks of foreign companies, including those in emerging markets, which are U.S. dollar denominated and trade on a domestic national securities exchange, including American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), European Depositary Receipts (EDRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs). The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its net assets in equity securities of issuers that have market capitalizations outside the defined large-cap level at the time of purchase. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks and equity-equivalent securities such as convertible securities, stock futures contracts or equity options. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in investment-grade debt securities, debt obligations of governments and their agencies and other similar securities, convertible and non-convertible debt securities, U.S. government securities and in money market funds. The Fund also may purchase put and call options on U.S. traded stocks, currencies or security indices. From time to time, the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund may also engage in short sales transactions and may sell options purchased and write covered put and call options. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund is permitted to invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities futures and options. The Blue Chip Equity Income Fund expects to issue dividends from net investment income, if any, on a quarterly basis. An investor may choose to have the quarterly dividend paid in cash or reinvested into the Fund. The Advisor will consider selling a security in the Blue Chip Equity Income Funds portfolio if the Advisor believes that security has become overvalued or is believed to have reached its growth potential. Such evaluation will involve measuring the potential for additional appreciation in a security relative to its down-side risk. The Advisor will also take tax considerations into account when making a sell decision. While the Blue Chip Equity Income Fund will be managed with consideration given to tax efficiency and will pursue and target a turnover of less than 100% in a given year, the Blue Chip Equity Income Funds portfolio turnover may vary depending on market conditions in any given year. The Fund may, from time to time, have significant exposure to one or more sectors of the market. As of March 31, 2023, 27% of the Funds net assets were invested in securities within the information technology sector.

Top holdings

As of June 30, 2023 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
APPLE INC $2.33M 7.79%
MICROSOFT CORP $2.04M 6.84%
NVIDIA CORP $1.69M 5.66%
DEERE & CO $1.62M 5.43%
EXXON MOBIL CORP $1.61M 5.39%
TESLA INC $1.57M 5.26%
OPTION NVO US $1.13M 3.79%
PEPSICO INC $1.11M 3.72%
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC $1.08M 3.62%
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP $1.08M 3.60%
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Allocation by sector

As of June 30, 2023 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Mar 31, 2023 → Jun 30, 2023
Opened
2
Exited
0
Increased
0
Decreased
1
Unchanged
25

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Footnotes

  1. Net assets and holdings count as of June 30, 2023, from the fund's N-PORT filing.

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